"Younis Khan's press conferences have been one of the delights of the tournament. No one has enjoyed the cup more, it seems, than the relentlessly chipper Pakistan captain, every bit as cheery in defeat against England and Sri Lanka as he was in victory against New Zealand, Ireland and Netherlands"

Last week I wrote about how Younis Khan's "silly" smile and "absurd" statements may have been misinterpreted by many.

In a country where everything is misconstrued, almost, and where a harmful statement can be turned into a malicious one by the media, I believe Younis has accomplished something not many Pakistan skippers have.

Getting on the right side of the media, despite the team not being at its best against England and Sri Lanka.

"The heart of the side, though, is Shahid Afridi, a comic book creation who bowls leg spin with the cunning of Cardinal Richelieu and then bats with the foolhardy panache of all three musketeers rolled into one"

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Nothing succeeds like success.The same media would have grilled him for the same statements if his team had not made into the semi finals.I don't think it was a master stroke they were just plain bloopers.

It is the same media which launched the campaign for him, Osman Sami ud din, Saad Shafqat and Abbassi they also have their reputation at stake Younis's failure will prove them dead wrong, that is why they are giving him all kinds of margins and in certain cases are even willing to accept defeat before it happens.

The fact remains that Pakistan is yet to beat a good team in this tournament, we got an easy draw as a reward of our previous record.So I don't think that we have accomplished anything significant so far, today all these senior players including Misbah and Malik will have to come good.

If it was not for Afridi, Ajmal and Gul Pakistan would not have made this far.Lets hope these three again carry us to the finals.

Ujjwal Pandey: "How is Malik's 87 strike rate knock a fine hand? Specially after he took 6 overs and 3 balls for himself. He should have gotten a run a ball at least. Pakistan needed him to come to party, not be a turtle. He is seriously out of touch, hopefully he will find it before the finals."

I don't think those were bloopers. They looked like that at first.. but Younis is a smart man.. he knows what he's saying I believe.. there was a reason behind everything he said.. and it takes a lot to front the media with a smile on ur face after an embarassing loss.

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